Thursday 3 August 2017

Current standards in oncoplastic breast conserving surgery

Current standards in oncoplastic breast conserving surgery

Weber, WP et al
The Breast : Article in Press

Oncoplastic breast conserving surgery is increasingly used to treat patients with breast cancer. In the absence of randomized data, a large body of observational evidence consistently indicates low rates of recurrence and high rates of survival, but points to a higher rate of complications compared to conventional breast conserving surgery. Established goals of oncoplastic breast conserving surgery are to broaden the indication for breast conservation towards larger tumors, and to improve esthetic outcomes.